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What are your favourite teas?

I like Lapsang Souchong because of it's extreme smokiness. I drink a lot of Rooibos too, tastes good and caffeine free.

PG tips (the pyramid ones)

Russian Caravan, Orange Pekoe

Earl grey.

That.

Although I do quite like a Yunnan, delightful nuttiness to it.

Fucking hate tea and avoid at any cost

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Assam. Great way to start the day.

Tea is for old ladies and benders.

Yorkshire Tea, can't go wrong

surely there is nothing manlier than a strong cuppa

Meths.

Just plain ol' normal tea. The longer the bag's left in, the better.

I got some nice strong tea called Nambarrie from B&M Bargains, there is no need to leave the bag in the cup it is just really strong.

 :nod:   ;)

Redbush & Green tea for health reasons. Like the odd cuppa now and then (strong and sweet) but prefer coffee.

Yes yes yes. Too many people just scare the fucking bag, drives me nuts.

Completely agree. If I'm feeling flush then I might splash out on Yorkshire Gold. Tea of champions.

Our PA doesn't drink tea herself and regularly brings me "tea" that can only be described as hot milky water with a tint of brown colour.

Fire her. It's the only recourse.

No milk or sugar for me, same with coffee.

I like it strong AND milky. Why is that so hard to understand for some people?

We take our tea seriously here, and, whilst liking Yorkshire a lot, have decided that the Lidl Fair Trade tea bags are the best of the everyday.

Lapsang and Earl Gray are great, but must be Twinings

Finally gets a mention, hometown pride this one

Whereabouts in Andover are you from? I spent my teenage years in Andover. Lived on River Way and went to Winton.

A good strong cuppa is the perfect complement to meths.

 :nod: so very much this. Often leave the bag in for 10 mins+.

Assam is a big favourite in the morning, along with English Breakfast or Earl Grey, then switch to redbush chai or peppermint in the evening as I'm scared caffeine will affect my sleep.  (Obviously the peppermint is without milk or sugar...)

Haven't got into Assam much but did enjoy it when I tried it. Tend to stick with a plain old brew, strong and milky a la jayo.

For alternatives, Lemon & Ginger is a good shout, but Camomile and Honey probably tops the list for me.

Ironside will flip when he reads this  :)

Another vote here for Assam, or PG Tips. The stronger the better, and absolutely NO sugar. Weak milky tea makes me heave.

chai and lapsang for day to day drinking, with the occasional green tea

Other side of town. Started out just off Salisbury Road, a brief spell in Charlton and now living on Weyhill Road near the Tavern.

Was a John Hanson boy

Yorkshire Gold is the dog's bollocks of tea...

I've become accustomed to strong, sweet tea (the way it should be made) with coffee-mate instead of milk.

Yerba Mate. Smells a bit like cigars, tastes lovely.
Failing that, strong white standard tea, no sugar.

Ah, you're from the posh bit then! Knew a few lads from John Hanson. Used to knock around with one whose dad was the landlord of the pub in Charlton, think his name was Jez.

I think Ive mentioned it before but poncy bollocks that I am these days big fan of the Licorice and Peppermint tea.  Dont like regular tea and have only recently moved into this world over the last couple of years.

Coffee.

Horlicks

None of the fancy teas for me. A nice regular strongish tea with one sugar and splash of milk.
Prefer coffee though and only have 1 or 2 cups of tea a week.

Funny...never drink tea when i am out,drink coffee...at home its always tea.

I have tried to cut down on both...on account of the two sugars i have every time i drink it.

Yorkshire tea with sometimes a Breakfast tea.

Tea is one of the worst drinks ever

I don't drink tea when I'm out either. Never trust other people to make it how I like it. There's only so much that can go wrong with coffee whereas tea is infinitely variable.

Assam for me.

I prefer coffee but there's no way I would try a cup of this.

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/the-70-cup-of-coffee-with-a-dirty-secret-6379689.html

Earl Grey (no milk) in the morning, Assam during the rest of the day. Perhaps a black Darjeling in the afternoon.

I never knew there were so many fucking queers on this forum.

Ah, tea out is best at a greasy spoon where you get the old big urn

Pretty much my feelings - I 've had too many bad cups from other people to risk it again.

Can we just be absolutely clear that anything involving mint, fruit, herbs, including that that good awful redbush stuff, twigs, mushrooms and any other random pot pourri or floor sweepings IS NOT FUCKING TEA!

Tea is brewed from the leaves / leaf buds of the tea bush, Camellia sinensis. Nothing else. It can be black, or green or white, if you want to be healthy and stuff.

The other stuff is just smelly hot water.

As opposed to plain and simple sh1t tea

Yorkshire Gold is the king of teas.

Nettle tea is good...sometimes when out walking especially in a mild winter, I'll take a flask of hot water, find some fresh nettle shoots bung them in to make a tasty infusion. I was tempted to question R4E on this topic, but he clearly states that these infusions are an alternative to tea.

Risk it? It's a slightly less than satisfying hot beverage, not alligator-wrestling or skydiving.

All depends on where he got served  :)

Is there anything you don't have a violently strong opinion about?  ;)

Thing is, he makes a damn good point.

Every time, insistently, like a blitzkrieg?

Without the paratroopers, yeah.;)

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Shit, did someone put the milk in with the tea bag in Adolf's cuppa AGAIN!

Urgh, the worst people.